Yes, Will is correct.  Also see Game Update 1:

1 - ROBOT TOUCHING CENTER PLATFORM "ONLY"
This doesn't mean "all the robot has to do is touch the center
platform."  It means "the only thing the robot can be touching is the
center platform."

The mission uses the word "touching", which has the specific meaning
of "making direct contact", according to Rule 26.

So if a wheel is "in the gap" but not "touching the ramp", then that
is okay.  If the robot and attachments extend into the air outside the
center platform, but are not touching the ramp, steps, mat, or
anything but air, then that is okay, too.

Steve Scherr
VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:31 PM, will chen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I believe the robot can only be touching the center platform to get points
> it says,"
> — Robot touching tilted center platform only: 45
> — OR —
> — Robot touching balanced center platform only: 65
> For either case:
> The center platform must not be touching anything but the mat and the robot.
> The center platform must remain between the stairs and the ramp."
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> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Savita Sethi <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Hello all,
>> My team has a question on the transitions mission. The rule says " the
>> robot gets onto the center platform". Does this mean the robot has to be
>> completely off the ramp and/or stairs and only on the center platform to get
>> the 65 points or as long as some part of robot is on the center platform,
>> they get the points.
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>> And what if robot is carrying an attachment, does that also have to be
>> completely on the center platform? We also have seen at times that the robot
>> does get to the platform but either its back wheel or another small part is
>> in the gap between the platform and the ramp, so how will this be judged?
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>> Thanks
>> Savita
>> #6623
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